It depends. But generally, I think it is. Although it uses different facilities from those which we commonly use to speak languages. It's most evident when you

It depends. But generally, I think it is. Although it uses different facilities from those which we commonly use to speak languages. It's most evident when you use related families of languages. Using up to Python, Ruby or Coffescript is a lot like the related family of english languages; once you know one or two you sort of get them all fundamentally. Javascript, Io and Perl are like lost cousin languages; you can often recognize bits but the sentence structures and dialogue conventions may seem quite foreign. Confronting purely functional languages is VERY much like having to relearn the same skills of communication from the ground up.